The secretary general of the CGT Philippe Martinez has already indicated that he will not respond to this invitation.
The number one of the five representative trade union organizations are invited to lunch at the Élysée on Friday, we learned on Tuesday from trade union sources, confirming information from the echoes. Laurent Berger (CFDT), Philippe Martinez (CGT), Frédéric Souillot (FO), François Hommeril (CFE-CGC) and Cyril Chabanier (CFTC) are invited.
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On the menu, the “National Council for Refoundation”
The secretary general of the CGT has made it known that he will not respond to this invitation. “It looks like a campaign lunch two days before the first round of the legislative elections“, he explained to Les Echos. On the discussion menu: theNational Refoundation Council“whose President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron announced the launch after the legislative elections of June 12 and 19, in line with the “change of method» that he had promised during the presidential election.
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Bringing together political, economic, social, associative forces as well as elected representatives of the territories and citizens drawn by lot, this Council will have to consider the five objectives carried by Mr. Macron during his campaign: “independence (industrial, military, food…), full employment, carbon neutrality, public services for equal opportunities and democratic rebirth with institutional reform“, he explained in an interview with the regional daily press on Friday. This is the first time that Emmanuel Macron has received the unions since his election on April 24. The employers’ organizations must also be received, perhaps Tuesday according to Les Échos.